You are a website owner and it's likely that you did not care much about getting SSL and moving your website to HTTPS. But starting from October 2017 Google Chrome indicates non-HTTPS web pages as not secure the following way: My tutorial (including video) will help you to get rid of this warning by moving your WordPress site to HTTPS easily and avoiding pitfalls. With this article even … [Read more...]
The Best WordPress Caching Plugins Speed Test: W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache vs Sucuri Firewall (Cloud WAF)
October 18, 2017 By
I've run 32,224 tests during one month to find out which caching plugin makes your website faster. I tested W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache plugins. They are the two best well-known free caching plugins that WordPress users highly recommend using to make your website faster. And also I compared them to the caching solution that I currently use – Sucuri Cloud WAF (website application … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – September 2017 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: The Affordables Rock)
October 2, 2017 By
Here's the 20th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for September 2017! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you you the results below. In general, this contest's result can be featured as "More affordable hosts show rocking performance". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – August 2017 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: Retain)
September 4, 2017 By
Here's the 19th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for August 2017! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you you the results below. In general, this contest's result can be featured as "The ranking retains almost unchanged". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All monitored hosts are … [Read more...]
Highlighted Areas With Links on Responsive Image for Free (SVG, WP)
August 16, 2017 By
Intro In this tutorial you will learn how to make interactive highlighted areas that you can click on in your image and make this image responsive in WordPress. Easy and for free. An area gets highlighted when you move your mouse over the area. Here's an example of the result (this SVG depicts some popular in-depth articles on my website): Move your mouse over the areas in the … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – July 2017 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: The Reverse)
August 1, 2017 By
Here's the 17th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for July 2017! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you you the results below. In general, this contest's result can be featured as "The top winners go in a reverse order than their prices". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All … [Read more...]
How to Configure W3 Total Cache. Easier Than You Think. Settings Explained
July 17, 2017 By
Intro Many users think that configuring W3 Total Cache plugin is hard because there are a lot of settings that they do not understand. In this tutorial I want to explain the settings and show you how to configure this plugin easily. W3 Total Cache is a powerful, flexible and free caching plugin for WordPress. But it allows not only optimizing your website caching, but also … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – June 2017 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: The Middles Go On)
July 4, 2017 By
Here's the 17th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for June 2017! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you you the results below. In general, this contest's result can be featured as "The middle pricing category hosts go on on showing great results". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts … [Read more...]
How to Migrate a Big Website to a New Domain, Subdomain or Another Hosting for Free for Testing (the Easiest Way)
June 15, 2017 By
I'd like to show you how to copy or migrate bigger WordPress sites (more than 500 MB and very likely more than several GB). This method is easy and free. It's great for creating testing copies of your big websites. This method in its core includes using All-in-One WP Migration plugin (a free version) and manually copying media files ('uploads' folder). Also in this article I compare my … [Read more...]
Hosting Performance Contest – May 2017 Roundup (15 Hosts Tested: The Solid Middles)
June 2, 2017 By
Here's the 16th Monthly Hosting Performance Contest Roundup for May 2017! I've been testing 15 hosts in a non-stop manner the whole month and I'll show you you the results below. In general, this contest's result can be featured as "The middle pricing category hosts are solid". By the way, you can find the latest roundups here and the performance tables and charts here. All monitored hosts … [Read more...]